Giacomo Mancini

Giacomo Mancini (21 April 1916-8 April 2002) was Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party from 23 April 1970 to 13 March 1971, interrupting Francesco De Martino's terms.

Biography
Giacomo Mancini was born in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy in 1916, the son of Italian Socialist Party co-founder Pietro Mancini. He fought in the Italian Resistance during World War II, and he entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1948 as a PSI member. He would serve in the Chamber of Deputies for 44 years, during which time he also served as Health Minister from 1963 to 1964, Public Works Minister from 1964 to 1968, Socialist Party secretary from 1970 to 1971, and Mayor of Cosenza from 1985 to 1986. He was a champion of civil rights and did not take a strong stance against the autonomist movement. In 1993, during the Tangentopoli investigation, he was accused of relations with the Reggio and Cosenza mafia gangs, but his sentence was annulled in 1997. From 1993 to 2002, he continued to serve as Mayor of Cosenza, and he died in office in 2002.